Are Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard destined for the ill-fated end that befalls most onscreen-and-offscreen couples? These two might beat the odds, if the chemistry they show in this rom-com/heist movie is any evidence, and their rapport might be its biggest selling point. Shepard plays Charles Bronson (named for the British prison inmate, not the actor), a former getaway driver in the Witness Protection Program trying to go straight and settle down with his girlfriend Annie (Bell). Problem is, his past won't let him. Specifically, his former best friend and accomplice (an underused Bradley Cooper) has an axe to grind, which when revealed is one of the film's funniest moments. As a director (with David Palmer) and writer, Shepard shows a knack for dialogue, and if you throw in an accident-prone marshal (Tom Arnold), a cop using a gay meet-up phone app to solve crime, a Jason Bateman cameo, and car chases that play out like Drive as directed by Todd Phillips, you've got an entertaining, if scattered romp.

Review: Irene in Time Luckless in love, Irene (Tanna Frederick) wants to "find a guy like my daddy." Her father, she says (over and over and over), "was really magical." Truth be told, her absent dad doesn't seem like that great a guy.

Review: The Slammin' Salmon Here's how the shit version of Waiting likely came to be: the Broken Lizard boys (David Heffernan directs) thought the concept of a boxing-champ-turned-Miami-restaurateur was funny, and they wrote and shot a major motion picture without bothering to design a plot.

Review: Invictus Poetry, muses Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) in a reflective moment in Invictus , consists only of words, yet it can inspire perseverance and greatness beyond our own expectations of ourselves. Sport, similarly, consists of oversized, overpaid athletes pounding one another in simulated combat, but it's also a form of poetry.

THE TNT SHORT LIST: ARTSEMERSON'S NEXT THING | February 12, 2013 Mike Daisey's anthropologic commentary on American culture is just the beginning of what ArtsEmerson has in store for festival-goers at The Next Thing (TNT) Festival.